Extracted terms | Categories of the terms | Used terms in the literature | Relevant articles |
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Terms/related terms for children with complex care needs (CCHC) | Complex care needs | Children with special health care needsa | Across the studies |
Children with chronic health conditionsa | Across the studies | ||
Children with complex care needs | 2 | ||
Children with special needs | 4, 5, 24, 33 | ||
Children with chronic physical illness | 6 | ||
Children with complex health conditions | 7, 10 | ||
Children with special health care needs (CSHCN) | 11, 31 | ||
Complex chronic conditions (CCCs) | 12–17, 19–22, 23, 43 | ||
Children with life-limiting conditions | 13, 14 15 | ||
Children with life-threatening conditions | 13, 15, 17 | ||
Children with life-threatening illnesses | 16, 22 | ||
Children with self-limiting conditions | 16, 22 | ||
Children with palliative conditions | 22 | ||
Children with special health care needs | 36 | ||
Children with chronic conditions | 39 | ||
Children with complex chronic conditions | 40 | ||
Children with chronic illnesses | 42 | ||
Children with severe neurodisabilities | 45 | ||
Specific conditions | Children with cancer | 13, 48 | |
Children with cerebral palsy | 26 | ||
Children with hemophilia A, B or Factor VII (FVII) deficiency | 27 | ||
Children with non-traumatic dental conditions | 41 | ||
Children with autism | 47 | ||
The most complex cases (sub-category of CCHC) | Technology-dependent children | 4, 5 | |
Children with multisystem chronic disease processes | 4, 5, 25 | ||
Children with medical complexity | 4, 11, 19, 37, 46 | ||
Medically complex children | 5 | ||
Children medically fragile | 19, 24 | ||
Medically fragile children | 24 | ||
Children with medically complex chronic disease | 25 | ||
Children with medical complexities with a common denominator (e.g., incontinence) | 28 |